Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has attributed the success recorded in anti-corruption war by relevant security agencies to technology. Presidential Spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale on Sunday in a statement, said Tinubu said this during a meeting with Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist, Mr. Bill Gates. He said the meeting was on the sidelines of the World Economic...
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Two cocaine traffickers bag life imprisonment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has secured the conviction of two notorious drug kingpins: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman who disclosed this on Sunday in a statement, said 43-year-old businessman Uwaezuoke, his journey to a lifetime in jail began when he was first arrested by NDLEA operatives on...
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Edo influencers N3m gift sparks scathing remarks
The sum of N3,000,000. (Three Million Naira) gift handed to an acclaimed social influencer by a certain candidates in Edo 2024 governorship election billed for September 21, 2024, has sparked scathing comments among online trollers. Some individuals were caught up in the hysteria after a social Media influencer, Jessica Amafe called out a self-style social...
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Oba Palace resolves Ugbineh village dispute
The Oba Palace Dispute Resolution Committee has resolved the communal crisis in Ugbineh village, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The decision was conveyed in a Press statement signed by Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro, the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, after the Committee, which carefully reviewed various submissions of parties in...
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Kwara CP boosts patrol after Niger jailbreak
The Nigeria Police Command in Kwara State has intensified border patrol on its corridors to forestall influx of criminal elements from neighbouring States. The Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Victor Olaiya, said the Command has also tightened noose on Niger State where over 100 inmates who escaped from the Medium Custodial Centre at...
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Obih rejects request to join Edo PDP campaign
Chief Dan Orbih has turned down request to join 200-man Peoples Democratic party Edo State governorship campaign Council for the September 19, 2024 election in the State. Orbih, the South South Vice Chairman of PDP said he learned of the development on the pages of national Dailies without getting any formal request from the ruling...
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Tongues wag as Nigeria Surgeon dies in S/Arabia
Tongues have continued to wag over the sudden death of a Nigerian Consultant Trauma Surgeon, Prof. Pius Ehiawaguan Iribhogbe in Saudi Arabia last Wednesday. Sources said the former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Benin, was billed to return to Nigeria on tragedy on Friday April 26th 2024, before the unfortunate incident. The University’s spokesperson,...
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BTC sanctions 6 officials over Ooni’s palace gaff
The Benin Traditional Council on Saturday suspended six self-servicing Palace functionaries for committing sacrilege against the Benin Customs at Ooni of Ife Palace in Osun State. The conducts of the suspended individuals are Johnbull Igbinosun, Iduhonre (Ihogbe), S.E. Aigbiremwen, Efesieoghoba (Ogbelaka) and two others Ogbelaka functionaries also identified as Ogbeide Osagie and Osamudiame Edo, considered...
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Fuss over China’s racism against Africa dissent
Osaigbovo Iguobaro The news of Africans living in China who became victims of racism during the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic was gradually fading away when the shocking revelation of a Chinese supermarket in Nigeria’s nation’s Capital, broke earlier in the week. Nigerians were enraged after they were denied entry into the supermarket located in a...
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Kogi residents lament fuel scarcity, pricing
By Gbemisola Adedayo Residents of Kogi State are bearing the brunt of scarcity of petrol over unstable petroleum pricing and adjustments. The development has caused long queue to return to petrol stations in Lokoja, the State Capital where Black marketers have taking advantage of reaping off petrol users with a litre selling in the sum...